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EU announces additional €34 million humanitarian funding in the Great Lakes region

By alternativeafrica
September 20, 2019
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London, Sep 20, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The European Union Commission has announced €34.275 million in humanitarian funding to help the most vulnerable people in the Great Lakes region in Africa.

The aid will mainly help address urgent humanitarian needs in the Democratic Republic of Congo and provide continued support to Burundian refugees in the region.

EU announces additional €34 million humanitarian funding in African Great Lakes region

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“Food insecurity in the Democratic Republic of Congo is worsening the humanitarian situation. We are stepping up support, including in the eastern conflict-torn part of the country, affected by the Ebola epidemic. We also maintain our solidarity with Burundian refugees in the region. Our new aid package will provide emergency healthcare, improve hygiene conditions and access to clean water, provide protection, and give education to children caught in these crises,” said Christos Stylianides, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management and EU Ebola coordinator.

The bulk of the funding supports humanitarian measures in the Democratic Republic of Congo (€29.375 million) and refugees from Burundi in Tanzania and Rwanda (€4.3 million).

The remaining €600,000 are allocated to UN agencies in Burundi and to help refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo in neighbouring Republic of Congo.

Africa’s Great Lakes region continues to face armed conflicts and insecurity, leading to forced displacements, food shortages and under-nutrition as well as recurrent outbreaks of epidemics and natural disasters.

The funding announced on Thursday brings the overall amount of EU humanitarian aid in the Great Lakes region in 2019 to €69.74 million.

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